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Holy shit I've been out of the loop for a while. I watched the first four episodes last night in one sitting and can't wait to see this one. It's nice to see some colorful, fun animated stuff that doesn't take itself seriously after months of bullshit analysis of older films for classes.

It's obviously channeling Giant Robo, but as much as I'm enjoying Mazinger, I still can't completely think of it as the spiritual successor to Giant Robo yet. It ain't the same without the round retro designs and the Masamichi Amano music. But that don't matter too much, as Mazinger is fucking awesome in its own chaotic right.

Eastern Standard magazine

These are the 4 issues of the fanzine we produced a while back (2002-2004). They're rough, but they're also the foundation for a lot of what we've built since then, including this site.
Click on the issues to bring up the full reader.
Issue 1 focused on Berserk, Jin-roh, and Asian live-action movies. It also had a memorable review of Gundress.

Issue 2 was a dissection of FLCL (it explains it all, really) and the work of Taiyo Matsumoto.